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Pharaohs
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A plain at the mouth of a
river, shaped like an upsidedown triangle.
A 100
What is a delta?
A 100
Fine soil found on river
bottoms which made a rich,
fertile land for the Egyptians.
A 200
What is silt?
A 200
The Nubian part of the Nile
had six of these, which made
travel over water difficult.
Therefore, they developed
and controlled trade routes
over land.
A 300
What are cataracts?
A 300
The three most important
‘gifts’ the Nile gave to the
people living near it.
A 400
What are trade routes,
transportation, and fertile
soil?
A 400
“Lower Egypt” is actually
NORTH of “Upper Egypt”
for this reason…
A 500
What is… because the Nile
flows North, from highest to
lowest elevation.
A 500
This pharaoh was said to have
united Upper and Lower
Egypt.
B 100
Who is Menes?
B 100
This woman had herself
proclaimed pharaoh and
would not give up the throne
once her stepson became old
enough.
B 200
Who is Hatshepsut?
B 200
This was the last pharaoh of
Egypt.
B 300
Who was Cleopatra?
B 300
Because Thutmosis III
wanted to become more
famous than Hatshepsut, he
did the following.
B 400
What is: destroyed her
statues, removed her name
from walls, showed great
mercy in battle, conquered
many lands?
B 400
Hatshepsut did this to
advertise herself as a strong,
powerful leader.
B 500
What is represented herself as
a man, wore a beard?
B 500
Egyptians mummified their
pharaohs to prepare them for
this.
C 100
What is the afterlife?
C 100
The god of all kings. He was
also the son of Isis and Osiris.
C 200
Who is Horus?
C 200
Egyptian gods were thought
to control this, which helped
the Egyotians explain the
workings of their
surroundings.
C 300
What are the workings of
nature?
C 300
DAILY
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DOUBLE
C 400
This was the story of what the
sun god did each day (AmunRe).
C 400
Amun-Re was born each day
with the sunrise and died each
evening with the sunset. He
passed for 12 hours in the
Underworld.
C 400
Why were all pyramids built
on the west bank of the Nile
River?
C 500
The Egyptians thought the
west was the land of the dead.
C 500
The following jobs describe
the role of this social group:
deciding court cases,
collecting taxes, leading the
army.
D 100
What are government
officials?
D 100
Peasants could rise up in
social class by working for
this person.
D 200
Who is the pharaoh?
D 200
We study these two things to
learn about ancient Egyptian
daily life.
D 300
What are hieroglyphics and
tomb and temple paintings?
D 300
Egyptian women were looked
at as mostly __________
men.
D 400
What is ‘equal to’ or ‘as
important as’?
D 400
Put the following social
classes in order from highest
to lowest:
Artisan, government official,
peasant, priest, scribe
D 500
What are officials, priests,
scribes, artisans, peasants?
D 500
Egyptians used reeds to make
the first version of this.
E 100
What is paper?
E 100
The name of the Egyptians’
writing system.
E 200
What is hieroglyphics?
E 200
Egyptian astronomers
developed the first ________,
which we still use today.
E 300
What is calendar?
E 300
Due to their extensive
surgeries, Egyptian doctors
knew a lot about this.
E 400
What is the body and
anatomy?
E 400
Astronomers study this.
E 500
What are the stars and other
objects in the sky?
E 500
The Old Kingdom is
classified by this type of
relationship with Nubia.
F 100
What is a peaceful trading
relationship?
F 100
Most of the pyramids were
built during this kingdom.
F 200
What is the Old Kingdom?
F 200
This group of people
conquered Egypt after the
weak New Kingdom fell
apart.
F 300
Who are the Macedonians
(under Alexander the Great)?
F 300
During the Middle Kingdom,
pharaohs spent Egypt’s
wealth on this.
F 400
What are building projects?
F 400
During this Kingdom,
Egypt’s army was at its
largest and most powerful.
F 500
What is the New Kingdom?
F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is:
Egyptian Gods
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This god was in charge of
weighing the hearts of the dead to
determine their ability to pass on
and enjoy the afterlife.
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Who is Anubis?
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